reell

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French réel. Doublet of real.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁeˈɛl/

Adjective

reell (strong nominative masculine singular reeller, comparative reeller, superlative am reellsten)

  1. decent, solid, fair (of a company or person)
    Synonyms: anständig, angemessen, echt, ehrlich
    reeller Marktpreisfair market price
    • 1915, Paul Keller, Ferien vom Ich:
      ür sie alle ist Mister Jenkins da, und er machte seine Sache für zweitausend Dollar im Jahre geschickt und reell.
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  2. real
    Synonyms: echt, wirklich
    Antonym: virtuell
    reelle Chancen(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 1908, Robert Walser, Der Gehülfe, Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, page 352:
      Welches Bemühen konnte noch einen reellen Zweck haben? Welche Pläne waren nicht lächerlich?
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    • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks , Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, page 552:
      Endlich sagte der Senator: »Man muß gestehen, Christian, diese Pläne kommen etwas spät … gesetzt natürlich, daß es reelle und ausführbare Pläne sind, nicht von der Art derer, die du aus Unüberlegtheit früher schon einmal der seligen Mutter vorgelegt hast …«
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  3. (mathematics) the property of being an element of the set of real numbers
    reelle Zahlenreal numbers

Declension

Further reading

  • reell” in Duden online
  • reell” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French réel, from Old French reel, from Latin reālis.

Adjective

reell (comparative reellare, superlative reellast)

  1. real, actual, really existing
    ett reellt problem
    an actual, existing problem
  2. (mathematics) (of a number, not comparable) real; having complex part equal to zero
  3. (education) the prefix real- refers to "real" subjects (math, science, modern languages) as opposed to classic subjects (Greek, Latin)

Usage notes

  • Compounds are formed with real- (similar to nationell, national-)

Declension

Inflection of reell
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular reell reellare reellast
neuter singular reellt reellare reellast
plural reella reellare reellast
masculine plural2 reelle reellare reellast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 reelle reellare reellaste
all reella reellare reellaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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